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Language B and ab initio Syllabus Changes

Starting September 2018, the language acquisition syllabus will be slightly modified. First examinations will start in 2020. Here is what has changed.

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The IB changes its syllabi roughly every seven years to ensure courses are up to date with the present teaching landscape. Inevitably, this means that students and teachers need to be on their feet for possible changes in their subjects.

Starting September 2018, the language acquisition syllabus (that means, Language B and ab initio subjects) will be slightly modified. First examinations will start in 2020, so if you are taking your IB exams in 2019, you will still follow the old curriculum. Here is what has changed.

Five new themesFrom now on, there will be five prescribed themes in Language B and ab initio languages. The themes are supposed to be related more closely to the MYP and PYP to have more continuity between programmes. The five new themes are:

Identities

Experiences

Human ingenuity

Social organization

Sharing the planet

Additionally, there are four prescribed topics per theme for ab initio only.